| 白兰地 |
bái lán dì |
brandy (loanword) |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
| 兰 |
Lán |
surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 兰州, Gansu |
| 兰 |
lán |
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木兰) |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |